the guy at my work who slid out on his scooter at a roundabout and damaged himself considerably.

You can fall off anything, that's not the fault of the scooter! 🙂

I once rode a scooter far enough to confirm that small wheels and pot holes don't mix well.

No, but you can ride round them you know! 😉

Bar muffs – snigger. You said muff.

Just do it.

You'll never regret it.

Unless you get hurt.

And then you might.

But even then you probably won't.

Cause there is no other feeling like it…

Bear in mind that scooters are (unless you get an old Lambretta or Vespa) all automatic so if you pass your test on one you are stuck with automatics only. Limits the choice a bit.

Scooters can take a beating. We used to mess around on one in the school field – there was a big bank you could ride up and get a good 4-5ft of air off it. Really smacked the crap out of the suspension on that thing, only succeeded in breaking off the exhaust. We had to get rid of it in the end since it wasn't a good starter and we wore the splines off the kick-start lever from over use and under-tightening 🙂

Modern scooters are great. Easy to ride, good weather protection, handle OK, on board luggage space.

I had one and it was great.